Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
like the Sun, to cause to bloom the lotus-like face of
Rambha and other Deva maidens. O King and
Jivanmukta, you may stay there for the period of a
Kalpa, and plunge yourself in diverse ways in
Deva-lokic enjoyment. Therefore do not tarry here
any longer, but come at (Mice there. It is for this
purpose I came here to take you.
Hearing these strange words of Indra, the noble
king said thus: O my parent Deva, I have known
all the pleasures of Swarga-loka. I have not even
the conception of differences of locality, such as
this or that place. Wherever I am, there is Swarga
(heaven) for me, and there it is I enjoy bliss.
Therefore I do not long after Swarga pleasures. Be
pleased to return to your seat, have not the least
desire for it. When the king had given vent to these
words, the whole troop of Devas returned to their
abode. Thus did Chudala observe that the King‟s
(lower mind had been destroyed, notwithstanding
the different trials to which she had subjected him
through her powers of Maya. Still she wanted to
try him further, and so hit upon another expedient.
One day, while the pure King was performing Japa
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